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Method and system for enhanced wireless network security

US 9,148,422 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends May 24, 2032 · High confidence

Held by McAfee, LLC
Filed Nov 30, 2006 as application 11/606,225 · Granted Sep 29, 2015
Base term plus 2002 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2032
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
May 24, 2032
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
2,002
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 2002 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 30, 2006, when this application, 11/606,225, was filedNov 30, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+2002 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 24, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 24, 2032High confidence

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US 9,148,422this patent
May 2032
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US 9,596,604In force
Nov 2026
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 30, 2006
Reel 18628, frame 163
Shinde, Rajesh; Awasthi, Harish MohanMcAfee, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 24, 2017
Reel 43665, frame 918
McAfee, Inc.McAfee, LLCChange of Name and Entity Conversion
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45055, frame 786
McAfee, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45056, frame 676
McAfee, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 54206, frame 593
McAfee, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045056 Frame 0676. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 55854, frame 47
McAfee, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent 6336186 Previously Recorded on Reel 045055 Frame 786. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54238, frame 1
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentMcAfee, LLCRelease of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045055/0786
Mar 2, 2022
Reel 59354, frame 213
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentMcAfee, LLCRelease of Intellectual Property Collateral - Reel/Frame 045056/0676
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59354, frame 335
McAfee, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2022
Reel 60792, frame 307
McAfee, LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the the Patent Titles and Remove Duplicates in the Schedule Previously Recorded at Reel: 059354 Frame: 0335. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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